On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:21:35 GMT, Dave
wrote:
the later chapter i quoted first is not based on electrostatics, and the
formula for gauss's law is always the same. it is not dependent on time in
any form.

I will make one last effort to to set the record straight. In volume
II of the Feynman Lectures on Physics, the title of chapter 15,
section 6 is "What is true for statics is false for dynamics". The
5th paragraph of that section states "Gauss' law, [eq omitted]
remains...". Also in that section, he has a table (Table 15-1) that
contains two columns:

FALSE IN GENERAL | TRUE ALWAYS
(true only for statics) |
------------------------------------------------------
Coulomb's Law | Gauss' law
[...] | [...]


Then in chapter 18, section 1 paragraph 3 you will find the statement:

"In dynamic as well as static fields, Gauss' law is always valid".

I do not think I can make it any more clear than this.

thank you for not continuing to prolong the misinformation in this
thread.

Do you also accuse Feynman of spreading misinformation? Unfortunately
he died a few years ago.

--John